Graham Norton earned €117k for every episode of chat show in 2019

Graham Norton’s pay for So Television represents good value for the ITV-owned company as it became even more reliant in 2019 on Norton’s prime time show to generate its revenues

Chat show king Graham Norton received pay of €3.74m for presenting his popular Friday night BBC chat show in 2019, according to newly filed accounts.

The £3.235m (€3.74m) that Norton received from production company, So Television Ltd is in addition to the £725,000 that the BBC paid the popular entertainer in 2019/20 for presenting his BBC Radio 2 show.